Ian White was born June 4, 1984 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The sixth round, 191st overall selection of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, White is a graduate of the WHL's Swift Current Broncos.

An offensively gifted defenseman, White went on to play four seasons in Swift Current registering 222 points (77-145-222) while earning WHL East Second All-Star Team honours (2002) and WHL East First All-Star Team honours (2003).

A member of Canada's silver medal World Junior team in 2003, White made his professional debut during the 2003-04 season, playing eight games with the AHL's St. John's Maple Leafs. After getting a taste of the professional game the previous year, White became a mainstay on the baby Leafs blue line in 2004-05.

In 2005-06, White and the baby Leafs moved from St. John's to Toronto and after impressing the Toronto Maple Leaf staff with his strong play, White was summoned by the big club and made his NHL debut in the latter stages of the season.

On January 31, 2010, White was shipped to the Calgary Flames as part of a seven player trade that saw the Maple Leafs acquire Dion Phaneuf.

Though he reached a one-year deal with the Flames in the summer of 2010, White's time in Calgary would be short-lived. On November 17, 2010 he was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes along with Brett Sutter in exchange for Tom Kostopoulos and Anton Babchuk.

On February 18, 2011, White was traded for the third time in just over a year. This time sent to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a second round draft pick.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1999-00

Eastman Selects

MAHA

32

29

33

62

36

2000-01

Swift Current Broncos

WHL

69

12

31

43

24

2001-02

Swift Current Broncos

WHL

70

32

47

79

40

12

4

5

9

12

2002-03

Swift Current Broncos

WHL

64

24

44

68

44

4

0

4

4

0

2002-03

Canada

WJC-A

6

2

4

6

0

+1

2003-04

Swift Current Broncos

WHL

43

9

23

32

32

-3

5

1

3

4

8

2003-04

St. John's Maple Leafs

AHL

8

0

4

4

2

+2

2004-05

St. John's Maple Leafs

AHL

78

4

22

26

54

+12

5

0

2

2

2

2005-06

Toronto Maple Leafs

NHL

12

1

5

6

10

+2

2005-06

Toronto Marlies

AHL

59

8

30

38

42

+11

5

1

4

5

4

2006-07

Toronto Maple Leafs

NHL

76

3

23

26

40

+8

2007-08

Toronto Maple Leafs

NHL

81

5

16

21

44

-9

2008-09

Toronto Maple Leafs

NHL

71

10

16

26

57

+6

2008-09

Canada

WC-A

5

1

2

3

0

+4

2009-10

Toronto Maple Leafs

NHL

56

9

17

26

39

+1

2009-10

Calgary Flames

NHL

27

4

8

12

12

+7

2010-11

Calgary Flames

NHL

16

2

4

6

6

-10

2010-11

Carolina Hurricanes

NHL

39

0

10

10

12

+4

2010-11

San Jose Sharks

NHL

23

2

8

10

8

+9

17

1

8

9

8

2011-12

Detroit Red Wings

NHL

77

7

25

32

22

+23

5

1

0

1

0

2012-13

Detroit Red Wings

NHL

25

2

2

4

4

+5

2013-14

Traktor Chelyabinsk

KHL

10

0

1

1

0

2014-15

Providence Bruins

AHL

8

1

3

4

4

-5

2014-15

Milwaukee Admirals

AHL

34

3

16

19

13

+4

NHL Totals

503

45

134

179

254

22

2

8

10

8

WHL East Second All-Star Team (2002) WHL East First All-Star Team (2003) Canadian Major Junior Second All-Star Team (2003)
Traded to Calgary by Toronto with Matt Stajan, Niklas Hagman and Jamal Mayers for Dion Phaneuf, Fredrik Sjostrom and Keith Aulie, January 31, 2010. Traded to Carolina by Calgary with Brett Sutter for Anton Babchuk and Tom Kostopoulos, November 17, 2010. Traded to San Jose by Carolina for San Jose's 2nd round pick (Brock McGinn) in 2012 NHL Draft, February 18, 2011. Signed as a free agent by Detroit, July 2, 2011. Signed as a free agent by Chelyabinsk (HL), December 20, 2013. Signed to a PTO (professional tryout) contract by Providence (AHL), November 21, 2014. Signed to a PTO (professional tryout) contract by Milwaukee (AHL), December 17, 2014.